indictment

in·dict·ment

(ĭn-dīt′mənt)

n.

1. Law

a. A set of written criminal charges issued against a party, where a grand jury, under the guidance of a prosecutor, has found that sufficient evidence exists to justify trying the party for that crime.

b. The act or process of obtaining such charges.

2. A document or other communication that makes accusations of wrongdoing or describes an unacceptable situation: "[the book, an] exhaustively researched indictment of the fast-food industry"(Suzanne Schlosberg).

indictment

(ɪnˈdaɪtmənt)

n

1. (Law) a formal written charge of crime formerly referred to and presented on oath by a grand jury

2. (Law) any formal accusation of crime

3. (Law) Scot a charge of crime brought at the instance of the Lord Advocate

Attorney General Martha Coakley made the right call in hiring a special prosecutor to sort out criminal charges in the Interstate 90 tunnel ceiling collapse last July that cost 38-year-old Milena Del Valle of Boston her life.

Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo came under fire Thursday when hospital officials accused him of playing politics with the homeless by filing criminal charges rather than negotiating to end the practice of dumping patients on Skid Row.

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